Upgant Frisian

Upgant Frisian is an extinct Ems dialect of East Frisian.^[1] It was the dialect spoken around the area of Upgant-Schott. The only text perserved in the dialect is a wedding poem by Imel Agena.^[2]

Sample text

Below is a comparison of the first five sections of the wedding poem.

Upgant Frisian	Saterlandic Frisian	German	English
Breydloffts gedicht to eren anda weelbehagen dio erentesten, monnhatten anda toernemen Eggerick Ulricken, breydgom, anda diw eer- anda dugentrijcke junffer Tialda Hayunga, breyd, Ulben Hayungas, drusta to Nodds, aeinige dochter.	Wärskupsriemsel, tou Ere un Wäilbihoagjen fon dän erenfääste, monhaftige un foarnieme Eggerick Ulricken, Brüdigam, un de eer- un dugedrieke Juffer Tialda Hayunga, Bräid, Ulben Hayungas, Druste tou Nürden oankelde/eempelde Dochter.	Hochzeitsgedicht, zu Ehren und Wohlbehagen des ehrenfesten, mannhaften, und vornehmen Eggerick Ulcken, Bräutigam, und der ehr- und tugendreichen Jungfrau Tialda Hayunga, Braut, Ulben Hayungas, Drosten zu Norden einzige Tochter	Wedding poem, in honor and well-being of the honorable, manly, and noble Eggerick Ulricken, groom, and the honorable and virtuous maiden Tialda Hayunga, bride, northern reeve Ulben Hayunga's only daughter

References

^ Seeger, William Warner (1970). The East Frisian Dialect in the Low German Works of Moritz Jahn. University of Wisconsin--Madison.
^ Markey, Thomas L. (1981). Frisian. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-90-279-3128-3.

[1] Seeger, William Warner (1970). The East Frisian Dialect in the Low German Works of Moritz Jahn. University of Wisconsin--Madison.

[2] Markey, Thomas L. (1981). Frisian. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-90-279-3128-3.

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